Razor



NV. 15,-1932. A G. CAMPBELL 1,888,159

` RAZOR Filed Aug. 17, 1931 Patented Nov. 175, 1932 lUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RAZOR Application `filed August 17, 1931. Serial No. 557,664.`^

This invention relates to improvements in safety razors. I

At thepresent time safety razors have a n very serious objection in that the angle of inclination of the blade, relatively to the face, has to be adjusted in the act of shaving by the user of the razor and in many cases this results in a -drawing of the hair on the face and great discomfort to the shaver.

I have investigated this matter withothe object of overcoming the objections usually met with in ordinary safety razor blades, and0 mdyg invention particularly resides in the a apting of a 1olade to the proper angle of inclinatlon relative to the cheeks and to the neck of the user, so that the shaving will be accomplished by a steady, downward stroke, and it will not be necessary to jockey with the handle of the razor to adjust the blade to the proper angle of inclination to the face to 0btain a comfortable shave.

So that the nature of my invention will be clearly understood, I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of the same, but I do not desire to be limited to the precise construction as I may find' that it is necessary under some circumstances to slightly modify the angle of inclination of the blade, within the scope of my appended claims, in which ='30 I lhave, set forth the construction which I deem to be new.

In the drawingh Fig. 1 is a side elevation'of my improved razor. Y Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the blade holder. y Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a part of the blade holder.

Fig. 4 isa side elevation of my improved blade. y

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the outer support member of the holder. Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures. Referring to the drawing,

A represents my improved razor compris- A ing a handle portion 10, a guard 11 provided with teeth, and an outer blade support 12, the guard and outer blade support forming a clamping means or holder` for the razon blade. The guard 11 is provided witha central orifice 13 through which the stem 14 of the blade support 12 extends, and the guard is also provided with a pair of orifices 15 through which the pins/16 carried lby the 55 member 12 extend.

The blade 17 is semi-rigid and bent along a median line, that is to say,a line adjacent to the centre of the blade, which, however,

'does not necessarily divide the blade into. two 60 equal parts, as one section 18 of the blade may be shorter than the other section 19. The two sectons 18 and 19 of the' blade 17 are inclined to each other at an angle slightly greater than a right angle, that is to say, an obtuse angle, but not an extreme obtuse angle; this blade 17 is also provided with l orifices-through which the pins 16 and the stem 14 of the member 12 extend.

By reference to the drawing, it will be noticed that the two arms of the razor blade are arranged at different angles relativelyv to the longitudinal axis' of the handle. The arm of the blade which is used for shaving the cheeks is arranged at approximately 30 75 to 35 to the longitudinal axis of the handle, and the arm of the blade which shaves the neck and the throat is arranged at an angle' approximately. 60 to 70 to the longitudinal axis of the handle. 8

These inclinations of the sections of the `blade are suchthat the cheek and the throat ent angles of inclination such as I have described. The positioning of the blade is` brought about by providing the orifices 20 and 21 .olf-centre from the median line on .95

which the blade is bent, that is to say, the major portion of these orifices lies in the longer section of the razor blade.

The angular formation of the guard 11, the blade support 12, and the blade 17 are 100 complementary so that the rd and support merely clamp the blade an do not distort it. When the blade is clamped in position'the razor takes the position shown in Fig. 1, inl which it is ready for use and the shorter section 18 is arranged at an angle relatively'to the longitudinal` axis of the handle in which the cutting edge of the section 18 will meet the face of the user at the proper angle 10` vto permit of a, direct downward stroke being applied to the razor without any adjusting -of the handle relative to the face of the user. For the neck and throat the longer section 19 of the blade 17 is also at the proper angle of inclination to the longitudinal axis of the handle 10 permitting a steady downward stroke, and it willbe understood that the handle 10 will never be at right angles to the face or form an extreme angle to the face -of the zo user, but will be more or less in parallelism with that portion of the face Fwhich is being` shaved,so that, in this way, a downward stroke is permitted to provide a comfortable shave to the user. A What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a safety razor, a handle, a guard, a

support, a blade interposed between the guard and support, said guard, support and blade each permanently bent upon a lengthwise mef 80 dian to provide a pair of oppositely extending permanently inclined parts, the angle of in clination of a part4 of each pair being greater relative to the axis ofthe handle than that of the other part of the pair, lone of the parts "of the guard and of the blade adjacent the bends of the guard and blade being forme with spaced orifices, one of the parts of the support adjacent the bend of the support being provided with spaced holdfast elements extended through the orifices in the guard and blade, one of said elements-bein elongated for anchoring in an end of the andle to couple the guard, blade and support in superposed relation.

2. In a safety razor, a handle, a guard, a

'formed with spaced orifices, one of the partsof the support adjacent the bend of the latter being (provided with spaced holdfast elements' exten ed through the orifices in the' "guard and blade, one of said elements bein elongated for anchoringin an end of thei l. tion, said bends being arranged in superposed relation, the parts of the guard, blade and said support.

,means for anchoring the blade to thel handle,

position, and said bonds being arranged in pandle to couple the guard, blade'and s upportin posi' said holdfast means being extended fromthe 7 inner face of the part of greatest width of 3. In a safety razor, a handle, and an angle shaped blade connected with one end of said handle, said blade being formed with a pair of o positely extending, permanently inc ine parts, each of said parts havin a cutting edge, one of said parts being isposedv at an angle of approximately degrees with respect `to the axis of the handle and the other of said parts bein disposed at anangleof ap,- proximately 30. egrees with respect tothe vaxis of the handle, said one part being'` of greater width than said other part. h s

4. In a safety razor, a handle, and an angle shaped blade connected with one end of said handle, said blade being formed with a pair of oppositely extending, `permanently 'i11- clined parts, each of said parts having a cutl ting edge, one of Lsaid'partsbein disposed at 00 an angle of approximately 60 egrees with 'respect to the axis'of the-handle andthe other of said parts being disposed lat an angle of approximately 30 degrees with respect to the axis of the handle, said one part being of 95. greater width than said other part, and said part of greatestwidth being provided with spaced orifices for the passage 'of holdfast said orifices being arranged in proximity to d the point of mergence of the said parts.-

5. A safety razor blade having substantia1` ly rigid plane portions, each of said portions 1 having a cutting edge, said portions being 1nclined at an angle to each other, and one of said portions belng wider than the other-and having lug receivin apertures.l

Signed at Bdde ord, Maine,vths'3(l)thldayf y of July, A. D. 1931.

ALFRED GODFREY cAMP'BELL. no 

